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uiten tette gaten-t' @ffice WLLIAM H. WOODS OF 'PHILADELPHL'L PENNSYLVANIA. Letters Patent No. 72,150, dated December 10, 1867; anteldated December 6, 1867.

IMPROVED CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN v Y i -Be it known that I, WILLIAM H.- Woons, of Philadelphia, in the county 'of Philadelphia, and-State of Penn. Sylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement iu Window-Shade Fixtures; and I do hereby declare that Vthelollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof; which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thsspecieation, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, taken in theA line w as, iig. 3. Figure 2, an under-side view. i `liignre 3', a top` side view. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in constructing a fastening forwiudowshades, and consists .in a.

metal rack, to be attached vertically, as usual, to the side of the window-fraine,for holding the cord connected with the shade, by means of a lever-dogthat works in a longitudinal slot in the rack, and is engaged and `disengaged withthe teeth thereof by moving the lever in and ontol theslot, to be securedV in place when engaged bya swivel. knob, en which is a pulley that carries the cord of the shade, as hereinafter described.' A

A rack has been employed for vthis purpose previously, as I am aware,` but it is not worked by a lever and i swivelled knob, but merely by downward pressure el'I a simple sliding-dog, in a. longitudinal slot, that engages in,

the teeth ot the rack-,by theupward pull oi' the cord. My improved lever-raek works 4easily andnelfeetively, and will serve the purpose intended perfectly.

A represents the metal shell or case, to be secured, as usual, to a window-frame in a vertical position. In the upper side of the ease is a slot, a a, running from end to end, and on theinner side of the ease is a. rack, b b, with the teeth pointing downwards,.as shown clearly in the drawings.` In the slot a is inserted a lever-dog, c, which has a cross-foot, e, at'its lower end, to engage in the teeth ofthe rack when drawn upwards by the cord of the shade to which `it is attached. "lhe lower part of the dog c also bends inwards, while tho upper part lies fiat on the top of the case A, extending upwards. A'knob, d, is swivelled in the upper part of the lever-dog ejand its stem or shank passes through the slot a a. On the end of the stem is a cross-bar, g, that holds the lever down yllat and close to the ease, when it is turnpd e-rosswise of the slot, upon the face of the rack, and also eugages'the cross-foot e in the teeth of theraek at'the sanietime, while it .also allows the lever-to be raised from the ease, and

i passes out of the slot itself, when it is turnedin line with it, and `thus discngages the cross-foot e from the rack,

and allows the lever to be slipped down easily to 4tighten the shade-cord that passes over a pulley, s, placed onf` the stern of the knobd, between .itand the lever. A check or stoppin, n, is yplaced on the under-side of the lever 4 to cheek the cross-bnr, when itis turned in line with Vthe slot. I i 'The drawings present different viewsoi Vthe rack, when the lever-dog is engaged in its teeth to hold the cord' tight, for keeping thewindow-shade raised 4toany height; and in iig, 1 the position of the lever is shownv in red,

when raised, and the cross-foot e is, disengaged, for the purpose ol raising or lowering the window-shade. For

ytightening the cord, it is only necessary to bear downwards' on the knob d, and then push the cross-bar g into theslot a, and turn it erosswise, to engage the levcr-dog cross-foot c, in the raekjand thus secure the window-shade with a tight cord. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'lhe lever-dog c, with the cross-foot e, engaging and disengaging the teeth of the ruck b b, in combination with theswivelled knob d, havinga eross-bar, g, and working in the 'slot c a of the raekease A, substantially as andfor the purposes herein described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 28th day of'Mareh, 1867.

' WM. H. WOODS.

' Witnesses:

SAML I. JoNss,'Jr-.,

S. D. PmNTzEL. 

